TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama head baseball coach Mitch Gaspard announced the hiring of Ken Brown as the Director of Baseball Operations for the Crimson Tide. A member of the UA baseball team in 2005 and 2006, Brown returns to Tuscaloosa after spending the last three seasons in scouting and player development in Major League Baseball. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily has learned through independent sources that Dallas Baptist and Cal-State Bakersfield will be added to the WAC as associate members for baseball only. Our sources also state that the conference will be moving the 2012 or 2013 conference tournament to the state of Texas, most likely to the DFW/Arlington area. Read the rest of this entry »
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech head baseball coach Dan Spencer announced earlier this afternoon that Trent Petrie has been relieved of his duties as assistant coach, effective immediately. Read the rest of this entry »
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EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon head coach George Horton announced today that Dean Stiles has been appointed the program’s volunteer assistant coach.
Stiles returns to the Oregon program after spending the 2011 season as the head coach at Lane Community College in Eugene. The Titans finished the year with a 26-20 overall record, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Tournament after earning the playoff spot by way of a second place finish in the West Division with a 19-11 record. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily throughout the fall will be putting together some of the storylines to follow this fall and into the 2012 season. The first installment is the SEC which has won the last three national championships with LSU winning in 2009 and South Carolina in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are the Top 5 Articles of the Week on College Baseball Daily.
1. CBD Column: Who has the Worst College Baseball Uniforms?
2. 2011 Baseball America Top Prospects for Summer Leagues and Team USA
3. From the Hardcourt to the Diamond
4. Former MLB LHP Eric Milton joins Maryland Coaching Staff
5. Former Stanford star Jed Lawrie gets Degree
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DURHAM, N.C.–The Southeastern Conference, which has produced college baseball’s last three national champions, dominated Baseball America’s top prospects lists for 20 college summer leagues and Team USA, which have been released at BaseballAmerica.com. The SEC leads all conferences with 24 players on the lists, followed by the Pacific-12 (22 players), the Big 12 (18 players) and the Atlantic Coast (17). The ACC leads all conferences with four players ranking as the No. 1 prospects in their respective leagues. Read the rest of this entry »
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball alumnus Tristan McIntyre has been promoted from volunteer assistant to full-time status and will work with the program’s pitching staff, head coach Doug Schreiber has announced.
McIntyre replaces former colleague Ryan Sawyers, who is returning to his alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan, to serve as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator as well as move his family closer to his hometown in Western Maryland. Read the rest of this entry »
American University’s Stephen Lumpkins was a 13th round selection in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals in 2011.
Interesting enough, Lumpkins hasn’t played baseball in the last two years since American doesn’t have a baseball program. The 6-8 225 pounder spent the last three years as a member of the basketball program averaging 13.5 points and finishing second in the Patriot League with 8.2 rebounds per game. Read the rest of this entry »
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PHILADELPHIA – There will be two familiar faces roaming the dugouts this season for the La Salle baseball team.
Head coach Mike Lake has announced the hiring of two former Explorers, John Duffy and Brian Meagher, who will be added to the coaching staff for the 2012 season. Read the rest of this entry »
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SAN DIEGO, Calif.- Head Coach Rich Hill of the University of San Diego baseball has released the 2012 Torero schedule, which once again features some of the nation’s top programs in Vanderbilt, USC, Oregon State, and Kansas State. Read the rest of this entry »
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Moving full-steam into his first year as the new Head Coach of the Wildcats’ baseball program, Jason Beverlin has made the first of his finishing touches on the changing of the guard, completing his coaching staff with the talents of Barrett Shaft and Kenny Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
Top 100 Countdown: 5. Victor Roache (Georgia Southern)
Top 100 Countdown: 6. Marcus Stroman (Duke)
Top 100 Countdown: 7. Stephen Piscotty (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 8. Peter O’Brien (Miami, FL)
